This Wednesday, February 16: lifting of certain restrictions
– The sale and consumption of drinks and food again authorized in stadiums, cinemas and transport.
– Drinks again allowed standing in bars.
– Resumption of standing concerts.
– Reopening of nightclubs with compulsory vaccination pass at the entrance and wearing of the compulsory mask inside.
After the winter holidays, in the schools
– When each zone returns from the winter holidays, i.e. February 21, 2022 for zone B, February 28, 2022 for zone A and March 7, 2022 for zone C, the health protocol will go from level 3 to level 2 in the first degree for the whole of the metropolitan territory.
– End of wearing the mandatory mask outside for students and staff.
– Practice of indoor sports activities again possible without a mask (but respecting a distance).
– 1 self-test to be carried out if there is contact, on D + 2, instead of 3 previously.
– End of sworn certificates for returning to class.
– Easing of the rules limiting the mixing of pupils, in particular during restoration times.
February 28, 2022: end of wearing a mask in closed places
– End of wearing a mask in closed places where the vaccination pass is compulsory: bars, cafes, stadiums, restaurants, nightclubs, sports halls, cinemas, libraries…
– Please note that wearing a mask remains compulsory in TGVs, metros, buses and health centers.
– In department stores and shopping centers, wearing a mask will be compulsory according to the decree of the prefect.
– For people in contact: it will be necessary to carry out 1 self-test on D + 2, instead of 3 previously.
Mid-March, end of wearing a mask in transport?
Invited to “France Info” this Wednesday, Olivier Véran indicated that he planned to lift the restrictions again in mid-March, if the health situation allows. He notably mentioned the end of the indoor mask for adults and children, including public transport and businesses.
End of March – beginning of April: towards a lifting of the pass?
After Israel, England, Denmark, which have removed their vaccination or health passes, France should in turn give up this contested device, as the presidential election approaches. A lifting of the vaccination pass is possible “by the end of March”, beginning of “April”, estimated last week Alain Fischer, the government’s “Mister vaccine”.
If, and only if, several conditions are present: an incidence rate “10 or 20 times lower” than currently, the end of hospital overload and a very high proportion of vaccinated, he added. “There are reasons to hope that by this time horizon the situation will have improved sufficiently for us to be able to lift these final measures,” said government spokesman Gabriel Attal.